This is going to hopefully be the last of the last... I have just a few more to make next week for a few classes on campus and then they are all shipping out!!

Today we had fun in a "stamp a stack" class where everyone made four cards of four different designs! We made simpler cards that still had some wow factor... Hope you like them!

the card above is a fancy fold but is surprisingly simple!

thisis a show stopper but is just vellum layered over a simple card!

the above one is a fun Christmas cheer one!

the final one is a pretty one but also simple!!

Happy crafting,
Melissa

I try not to be an alarmist about Christmas coming but I do love the idea of prepping ahead of time so I can actually enjoy the month of December. My birthday, my mother in laws birthday, and our wedding anniversary also falls during that magical month so preparation is key- I try to get Christmas gifts lined up now and my cards too!

So in that "a little pressure now so no pressure then" mode-- I'll be posting inspirational projects each week until Christmas. This first set of inspiration comes from an online convention that I'm participating in this rainy weekend!

There is SO much you can do with our Project Life cards and making cards is one of them! Ronda Wade designed a few cute holiday ones from the Seasonal Snapshot 2015 kit! Behold- fast cards that look fancy!

Well it all starts in Salt Lake City! Beautiful area to fly into!

I, of course, brought pillow treats for my roommates all week long-- yummy mints, jelly candies, lemon candies, and chocolate covered sunflower seeds! Don't you want to room with me?

I was excited to spend quality time with my sorority sister and upline, Angie Watts!

And even more excited to see the new holiday catalog!!!! September-December is my favorite time of year-- I love everything about it-- football, fall leaves, cooler temps, schools back in session, new school supplies, craft opportunities, gift giving opportunities, soup... Yummy!

Look at this adorable home decor kit in he new catalog!!!! I'm making one for sure and would love to have a class at your place to do it!

And these bags that look like candy corn? Couldn't be easier-- with Washi tape handles!!

And this fall card, gorgeous!

Everyone loves Prize Patrol-- where if they call out your color-- You win that stamp set!! Candy, our fearless leader, was pretty excited to win Acorny Thank You!

Our entire team won something this year!

And the funniest moment was when they called out a color and NO ONE HAD IT! Hysterical!

We were up to some shenanigans-- that's for sure... Invading sets!

Taking pictures with the props...

And maybe pilfering some chocolates??

Christmas is by far my favorite and this Cardinal is just calling my name!

So was this sushi at Naked Fish. Plus we are a Blue Lemon three times??? So tasty! I highly recommend them both!

I love that Pam Morgan and Bonnie Farley have such great senses of humor! They truly crack me up!

Here's part of the team in another Christmas set!

Seriously-- we had so much fun! I love our team and I love spending time with them during the summer! I laughed so hard my stomach cramped two nights in a row! And I came home inspired and motivated!

You should really consider joining my team! We will have so much fun together! I'm about to institute monthly email projects to my team members and quarterly team trainings!

Message me for details and happy crafting,

Melissa

These last few weeks have been a flurry of Christmas prep and classes! Scroll to the bottom for my fast and furious card that went out today...

But first... Merry Stars...

Then a craft fair with these cuties!!

Then a card class...

Then an on campus class:

Them a few custom orders...

Finally teacher gifts and cookies for Marianne's kindergarten class...

And a gift wrapping class...

And we are done! 108 Christmas cards are out the door... This last one was made with the Work of Art stamp set!

Happy crafting,

Melissa

Look's simple huh? Well, my friend (and upline) Angie Watts did a fabulous job with the Christmas Bauble stamp for our team's Holiday Catalog Swap--- Go Southern Sweet Stampers!! My favorite was the traditionally colored one below.

This one embossed in gold really makes the leaves and berries pop! I love those Blendabilities markers!

Of course the All is Calm color set looks nice too... And I love the "Be Joyful" from the Project Life holiday stamp set!!

And for those who like non-traditional colors-- here we are-- a gorgeous specimen in blues and pinks!!

If you are interested in buying this beautiful large single stamp it's $10.95 and can be found here: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=133824

Happy crafting,

Melissa

Confession time-- this is my first attempt at washi tape! I love the All is Calm washi tape set and felt it was a great deal and could even transition beyond Christmas... So I bought it and then saw people who had layered it behind a cut out Tree Punch!! I thought it would be neater to punch out the washi tree and then have it pop out from a "snow globe" made with the stars embossing folder...

Cut out your circle, then layer washi tape!

Line up, left and right, in the punch and punch out!

Then flip it over to emboss it in the big shot with the adorable Lucky Stars embossing folder!

Then emboss Season's Greeting in silver at the bottom of a sheet (5.25 inch by 4 inch) of Lost Lagoon cardstock and tape down the snow globe. Then use two Dimensionals under the tree and tape it all to a standard white card front!!

Happy crafting!

Melissa

Our team does a four card swap for every new catalog that comes out-- and it's holiday catalog time! We each pick a stamp set and I picked Merry Everything!

I can't wait to get my swaps in the mail-- since they are in Texas I send my designs and they gather mine and send them back to me!!

Here's my first card-- Halloween card with Tangelo Twist!

This next one is my favorite because it uses Hello Honey and gold embossing on vellum!! I can't wait to make a few more of these!

And this is my second favorite-- I love this embossing folder because it makes anything look super fancy! And that cherry cobbler ribbon is luscious!

Now pardon this lopsided photo but apparently I didn't take a picture of this card completed-- so this is it in the planning stage... The Bermuda Bay star paper was part of the Halloween DSP but it screamed Christmas to me!

So, what do we think?? Fun set of cards right? Merry Everything is a great set because it includes all three fall holidays plus a general tag for gifts-- love a multifunctioning stamp set!

Happy crafting,

Melissa